This is a list of public art in Bristol , England. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Water Maze | Victoria Park, Bedminster | 1984 | Peter Milner & Jane Norbury | Fountain | terracotta, red bricks | [1] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Tomb of Raja Rammohun Roy | Arnos Vale Cemetery, Brislington | 1843-1844 | William Prinsep | Chhatri | Masonry, limestone | 6m high, 4m square at base | Grade II* | Q17553220 | Mason:- John N Brown of Stokes Croft. [2] [3] |
More images | Arno's Court Triumphal Arch | Junction of Bath Road and Spine Road, Brislington | 1994 | Susan Dring | Statues | Bath stone | Q4794864 | Modern versions of 4 statues replacing originals dating from 1760s. Subjects are Edward I, Edward II, Geoffrey, Bishop of Coutances and Robert, Earl of Gloucester. [1] [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Figure of Justice | The former Magistrates Court, Bridewell St. | 1879 | Edward Sheppard | Statue | Portland stone | c.3m high | Grade II | Architect Josiah Thomas. [2] [4] | ||
More images | John Wesley | New Room 51°27′28″N2°35′16″W / 51.457651°N 2.587900°W | 1932 | Arthur George Walker | Equestrian statue | Bronze & limestone | Grade II listed building | Q26571319 | Cast at the AB Burton foundry, Thames Ditton [1] [5] | |
More images | Charles Wesley | Rear of the New Room | 1938 | Frederick Brook Hitch | Statue | Bronze on a Hornton stone pedestal | Grade II [6] | [1] | ||
Spirit of Bristol | Bond Street | 1971 | Paul Mount | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 540cm high, on a 550cm by 480cm pedestal | [1] [2] | |||
St Odilla and the Bird | Inner courtyard, Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Road | 1985 | Stephen Joyce | Sculpture group | Bronze resin figure, bronze bird | 160cm high figure, 240cm wingspan of bird | [1] [2] | |||
More images | The Creation | Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street | 1986 | Walter Ritchie | 5 relief panels | Carved Ibstock brick | 5 panels totalling 18 metres in length | Architects;- Kendall Kingscott Partnership. [1] [2] [7] | ||
Lollipop Be-bop | Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street | 2001 | Andrew Smith | Sculpture | Stainless steel with optic fibre lighting | [8] [7] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Bridge railings | Castle Park | 1991-93 | James McCullogh | Bridge railings | Metal work | [2] | ||||
More images | Beside the Still Waters | Castle Park | 1993 | Peter Randall-Page | Sculptures & water feature | Granite | [1] [7] | |||
Line from Within | Castle Park | 1993 | Ann Christopher | Abstract sculpture | Patinated bronze | 4.5 metre high | Cast at the Pangolin Foundry, Stroud [1] [9] [10] [7] | |||
Only the Dead Fish Go With the Flow | Castle Park | 1993 | Victor Moreton | Tiles and reliefs | Glazed ceramic tiles & moulded fish reliefs | 7.5m by 6.5m square area | Work is in very poor condition. [2] [7] | |||
Throne | Castle Park | 1993 | Rachel Fenner | Sculpture | Normandy limestone | [1] [7] | ||||
More images | Fish | Castle Park | 1993 | Kate Malone | Fountain & tiles | Bronze fountain with terracotta tiles | Fountain cast at the Pangolin Foundry, Stroud [1] [7] | |||
Sikh soldiers Memorial | Castle Park | 2019 | Stephen Joyce | Plaque | Metal plaque on a granite base | Unveiled April 2019 |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Four historical figures | North side of Great Gatehouse, facing College Green | c.1500 | Unknown | Four statues | Stone | Grade I | Figures represent Edward the Confessor, Robert Fitzharding, Henry II and Abbot John Newland | |||
More images | Queen Victoria | College Green 51°27′08″N2°35′58″W / 51.452153°N 2.599472°W | 1888 | Joseph Edgar Boehm | Statue on pedestal with relief panels | Marble, granite and bronze | Grade II listed building | Q7270543 | [12] [7] [13] | |
Bristol Coat of Arms | Main entrance, Bristol Central Library | 1906 | William Aumonier | Carved sculpture | Bath stone | [2] | ||||
Historical figures | Bristol Central Library | 1906 | Charles James Pibworth | Three relief panels, each of seven figures | Stone | Subjects are King Alfred and the Medieval Chroniclers, The Venerable Bede and the Early Literary Saints and Chaucer and the Canterbury Pilgrims [1] [2] | ||||
Four ecclesiastical figures | South side of Great Gatehouse | 1914 | Charles James Pibworth | Four statues | Portland stone | Grade I | [2] [11] | |||
Two unicorns | Roof of City Hall, Bristol | 1950/ 1953 | David McFall | Two 3.6m statues | Gilded bronzes | [14] [15] | ||||
An Elizabethan Mariner | City Hall, Bristol | 1952 | Charles Wheeler | Statue | Stone | [14] | ||||
Seahorses and Riders | Roof of rear extension to City Hall, Bristol | 1953 | David McFall | Two 2.4m statues | Portland stone | Grade II* | [2] | |||
More images | The Refugee | Bristol Cathedral garden | 1980 | Naomi Blake | Sculpture | Bronze resin | [2] | |||
More images | Ram Mohan Roy | College Green 51°27′07″N2°36′05″W / 51.451873°N 2.601397°W | 1997 | Niranjan Pradhan | Statue | Bronze | [7] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Hercules | Goldney House | c.1715 | John Norst, attributed. | Statue | Lead statue on a limestone pedestal | Grade II* | Q17553184 | [16] [1] | |
Memorial to the 79th Regiment of Foot | Clifton Down | 1767 | Decorated sarcophagus | Limestone with slate & copper panels | Grade II* | Erected by General Sir William Draper in memory of the officers and men who fought in the Seven Years' War. [17] | ||||
Monument to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham | Clifton Down | 1767 | Obelisk & plinth | Limestone with slate panels | Grade II* | Erected by General Sir William Draper. [18] | ||||
More images | Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain | Clifton Down | 1872 | Henry & George Godwin | Fountain | Stone & limestone | 7.5m high, 3.25m square | Grade II | Q4713691 | [2] [19] |
More images | 1899–1902 South African War Memorial | Quadrangle of Clifton College | 1904 | Alfred Drury | Statue of Saint George | Bronze statue on a Portland stone pedestal | Grade II* | Q26678257 | Architects;- WS Paul & RC James. [20] [21] | |
More images | Memorial gateway | Entrance to Clifton College | 1922 | Lettering by Eric Gill, carved by Lawrence Cribb | Triple arch gateway | Red sandstone, Bath stone | 7m high, 11.6m wide by 5m deep | Grade II | Q26497791 | Architect, Charles Holden. [2] [22] [23] |
More images | Clifton Hill war memorial | St Andrew's Graveyard, Birdcage Walk, off Clifton Hill | Cross on octagonial base | Portland stone | 4m tall | Q83188422 | [24] | |||
Earl Haig | School House Garden, Clifton College | Cast 1931; unveiled 1932 | William McMillan | Statue | Bronze | Grade II | Q26586264 | Cast at AB Burton foundry, Thames Ditton [1] [25] | ||
More images | Memorial to the victims of the Katyn massacre | Grounds of Clifton Cathedral | 1985 | Alexander Paul Klecki | Sculpture | Fibre glass relief panel mounted on a block of Cornish granite with a plinth of Portland stone | [1] [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Entrance Lodge Frieze | Bristol Zoo | c.1929 | Edgar Thomas Earp | Relief panels | Cast concrete | 50cm deep, 420cm wide | Grade II | Design shows 23 animals. [2] [26] | ||
Alfred | Wall of gorilla house | 1949 | Roy Smith | Sculpture of the head of a lowland gorilla | Bronze | 45cm by 30cm | [2] | |||
Mute Swan | Bristol Zoo | 1971 | David Wynne | Sculpture | Bronze on steel piller with a concrete base | 3.5m wide | [2] | |||
Girl and Kid | Bristol Zoo | c.1975 | Roy Clapp | Statue | Alabaster | 1m high | [2] | |||
Ying and Yang | Bristol Zoo | 2001 | Julian P Warren | Sculpture of 2 stag beetles | Black painted metal | 3.3m long | [2] | |||
Wendy the elephant | Bristol Zoo 51°27′47″N2°37′21″W / 51.463182°N 2.622619°W | 2003 | Diane Gorvin and Philip Bews | Cedar of Lebanon tree | 4.5 metres (15 ft) high | [27] [2] | ||||
Fountain | Bristol Zoo | c.2009 | Jason Lane | Fountain | Repurposed metal machine parts | |||||
Stag Beetle | Bristol Zoo | 2013 | Jason Lane | Statue | Repurposed metal machine parts |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom | Victoria Rooms 51°27′29″N2°36′34″W / 51.458036°N 2.609337°W | 1839 | Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson | Relief | Bath stone | Grade II* listed building | Carved by Jabez Tyley [14] [28] | |||
Joshua Reynolds | Facade of Royal West of England Academy building | c.1857 | John Thomas | Statue | Stone | 2.6m tall | [1] [2] | |||
John Flaxman | Facade of Royal West of England Academy building | c.1857 | John Thomas | Statue | Stone | 2.6m tall | [1] [2] | |||
More images | The Gloucestershire Regiment Memorial | Queen's Road, opposite the Victoria Rooms | 1904 | Onslow Whiting | Sculpture | Bronze statue on a granite pedestal | Grade II | Q26498078 | Cast 1904, unveiled 1905 as a Boer War memorial [1] [29] | |
More images | Edward VII | Victoria Rooms 51°27′29″N2°36′34″W / 51.458036°N 2.609337°W | 1912 | Edwin Alfred Rickards and Henry Poole | Statue | Bronze | [2] | |||
More images | King Edward VII fountain | Victoria Rooms 51°27′29″N2°36′34″W / 51.458036°N 2.609337°W | `1912 | Edwin Alfred Rickards & Henry Poole | Fountain | Grade II* listed building | [30] | |||
Lion | Victoria Rooms | Cast 1915, erected 1917 | Henry Poole | Sculpture | Bronze | Cast at J.W Singer & Sons at Frome [2] | ||||
Lion | Victoria Rooms | Cast 1915, erected 1917 | Henry Poole | Sculpture | Bronze | Cast at J.W Singer & Sons at Frome [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Virgin and Child Enthroned | St Bartholomews Gateway, Narrow Lewins Mead | c. 1240 | Unknown | Statue | Limestone | 120cm high | Grade II | Statue is headless and in very poor condition. [2] | ||
More images | William III | Queen Square 51°27′02″N2°35′41″W / 51.450532°N 2.594716°W | 1736 | John Michael Rysbrack | Equestrian statue | Brass | Grade I listed building | Q5384424 | [14] [31] [7] | |
Four figures representing Europe, Asia, Africa & the Americas | Former Bristol Docks Authority Offices, Queens Square House, 19–21 Queen Square | 1885-6 | Unknown | Four statues | Portland stone | Each 3m high | Architect William Venn Gough. [2] [32] [7] | |||
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert | Tower of the former Assize Court, Small Street | 1867-1870 | Unknown | Two statues | Stone | Approx. life-size | Grade II* | Architects TS Pope & J Bindon. [2] [33] | ||
John Milton, William Shakespeare & Walter Raleigh | 13 Saint Stephens Street | 1878 | Unknown | Busts set in roundels | Terracotta | [2] | ||||
Samuel Morley | Lewin's Mead | 1887 | James Havard Thomas | Statue | Marble statue, granite base | Grade II | Q26581035 | [1] [34] [28] | ||
Two figures representing trade and industry | First floor facade of 55 St Stephens Street | 1935 | Unknown | Two deep relief figures | Portland stone | Each 2.3m high, 0.8m wide | Architect CFW Dening. [2] | |||
More images | Historical reliefs | Chantry Court, Denmark Street | 1950-52 | Attributed to Esmond Burton | Ten carved relief panels | Bath stone | Each 1.8m by 1.5m wide | Panels depict historic figures and events associated with the site. Architects;- Alec F French & Partners. | ||
Three Kings of Cologne | Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne, Colston Street | 1967 | Ernest Pascoe | Three sculptures | Portland stone | Located in exterior niches of the Chapel. [7] | ||||
Cloaked Horseman | Narrow Lewins Mead | 1984 | David Backhouse | Equestrian statue | Bronze resin | Cast at Burleighfield Studios, High Wycombe [14] [1] [2] [7] | ||||
More images | Merchant Navy Association Memorial | Welsh Back | 2000, unveiled 2001 | David Backhouse | Monument with benches & panels | Tarn stone with bronze collar & panels | [35] [2] [7] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Brennus and Bellinus | City gateway beneath the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist | c.1700 | Unknown | Two painted statues | Stone | Each 2m high | [2] [36] | ||
More images | Quarter Jacks | Entrance facade to Christ Church with St Ewen, Broad Street | 1728 | James Paty | Two painted statues | Oak wood | 1.6m high | Architect Thomas Paty. [2] | ||
Guildhall figures | First floor facade of Bristol Guildhall, Broad Street | c. 1843–1886 | John Thomas | Six statues | Bath stone | Grade II* | Figures include Queen Victoria, Edward III and Edward Colston.Architect Richard Shackleton Pope. [2] [37] [28] | |||
More images | Johannes Gutenberg & William Morris | Former Everard's Printing Works, Broad Street | 1900-1901 | William James Neatby | Glazed tiles | Ceramic tiles | Grade II* | Q5470087 | Tiles by Doulton & Co.Architect Henry Williams |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Farmer and Coal Miner | Broad Quay, reverse of King George V memorial | Statues c.1903, arch & base 1980 | Sculpture | Portland stone statues; brick arch | Figures were originally among six on the Co-Operative Wholesale Society building which was on the site. [1] [2] | |||||
More images | King George V memorial | Broad Quay | 1980 | Plaque by Derek Carr | Brick arch with an aluminium plaque of a lion's head | Inscribed In Memory of King George V 1910–1936 [1] | ||||
More images | Fountain of Sabrina | Courtyard of Broad Quay House | 1980 | Gerald Laing | Sculpture | Bronze sculpture on a granite base | [39] [7] | |||
Aspects of Bristol's History | Broad Quay House | 1981 | Philippa Threlfall & Kennedy Collings | 15 Low relief panels | Terracotta and buff clays with manganese & copper oxides & copper lustre glazes | Each plaque 100cm by 150cm | Architects:- Alec French Partnership [1] [2] [7] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Bristol Nails | Pavement in front of the Exchange, Corn Street | 1595-1631 | Various including Thomas Hobson | Pillars with circular tops | Bronze | Approx. 100cm high | Grade I | Q17528442 | [2] [40] |
Caryatids & keystones | 36 Corn Street | 1864–67 | William Bruce, carved by Thomas Colley | 8 sculpture figures, 5 keystones | Limestone | Grade II | Built for Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance [2] | |||
More images | Wisdom | 37–39 Corn Street | c.1932 | A Compton Roberts & R Pyrce Roberts | Art Nouveau style grille | Birmabright cast metal grille | 260cm by 70cm high | Grade II | [2] [41] | |
More images | Peace and Plenty, Benevolence and Prudence | 37–39 Corn Street | 1935 | Joseph Hermon Cawthra | Two pairs of statues / relief carvings | Portland stone | Grade II | [1] [41] | ||
Pediment figures & decorative carvings | 42 Corn Street | 1904 | Attributed to Gilbert Seale | Carvings | Limestone | Grade II | Built for London & Lancashire Insurance Company by architect Edward Gabriel [2] | |||
Facade of Commercial Rooms | 43 Corn Street | 1811 | James George Bubb | 3 Statues & marble relief | Grade II* | Figures represent Commerce, the City of Bristol, Britannia, Neptune & Minerva [1] [42] [7] | ||||
Facade of Harbour Hotel building | 53–55 Corn Street | 1854-58 | John Thomas | Statues and figures in relief | Bath stone with Portland stone figures & inserts | Grade II* | Figures depicted include garlands, horses, ships' prows & children with symbols of trade and industry. Building was originally the West of England & South Wales District Bank, later a Lloyds Bank. [1] [43] [28] [7] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Water fountain | Saint Nicholas Street | 1859 | Will Bros of Suffolk | Drinking fountain | Cast iron | Grade II | Casting shows a young Queen Victoria supported by cherubs. [44] [7] | |||
Elephant head | 20 Saint Nicholas Street | 1867 | Unknown | Relief carving | Stone | 2.8m by 1.1m wide | Grade II | Site of former Elephant public house. [2] [45] [7] | ||
Four heads | 18 Saint Nicholas Street | 1868 | Unknown | Painted carvings | Each approx. 35cm diameter | Grade II | Architects;- Archibald Ponton & William Venn Gough. | |||
Justice and Enterprise | 42 Saint Nicholas Street | 1903 | Unknown | Two putti | Stone | 1.2m high | Grade II* | Entrance to former Stock Exchange building; Architect;- Henry Williams. [2] [47] [7] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Neptune | The Centre 51°27′12″N2°35′51″W / 51.453359°N 2.597401°W | 1723 | John Randall | Statue | Cast lead statue on a granite plinth | Grade II* listed | Q17552681 | [48] | |
More images | Statue of Edmund Burke | The Centre 51°27′12″N2°35′51″W / 51.453359°N 2.597401°W | 1894 | James Havard Thomas | Statue | Bronze statue on a pink granite plinth | Grade II listed building | Q26571134 | [14] [49] [50] [28] | |
Drinking fountain | The Centre | 1901 | Fountain | Red & gray granite | Grade II | Erected to commemorate the Industrial and Fine Arts Exhibition of 1893 & 1894 which was held on the site. [51] [7] | ||||
More images | Bristol Cenotaph | The Centre | Unveiled 1932 | Eveline Blacker and Harry Heathman | Limestone, stone base & metal panels | Grade II | Q42888084 | [52] [53] [7] | ||
Figurehead of the Demerara | The Centre | Wooden original carved by Robert Williams, Thomas Williams & John Robert Anderson | Replica of a ship's figurehead | Fibreglass | 2.2m high | Original figurehead destroyed in 1937. [2] | ||||
More images | The Fourteenth Army, 1942–1945 | The Centre | 2008 | Mike Baker | Commemorative plaque | Bronze set in Bath stone | 72.5cm diameter | Q83188423 | [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Samuel Plimsoll | Capricorn Quay | 1962, bust c.1880 | Bust | White marble bust on a Cornish granite base | Grade II | Formerly located on Hotwell Road until 2009. [1] [54] [2] | ||||
More images | John Cabot | Arnolfini 51°26′56″N2°35′52″W / 51.449006°N 2.597690°W | 1984 | Stephen Joyce | Statue | [14] | ||||
Untitled | Pooles Wharf Court | 2001 | Unknown | Sculpture | Polished stainless steel | 2.8m high, 1.2m wide | Commissioned by the house builders who developed the site, designed by a student at the University of the West of England Art School with engineering by David Abel's Boatyard. [2] | |||
More images | Small Worlds | Anchor Road | 2001 | Simon Thomas | Sculpture | Cement with glass fibre strands | 550cm high, 160cm diameter at base | Erected in honour of Paul Dirac [1] [55] [2] | ||
More images | Pero's Bridge | St Augustine's Reach 51°27′00″N2°35′52″W / 51.4501°N 2.5979°W | 1999 | Eilis O'Connell with Ove Arup & Partners | Bascule bridge | 11 m (36 ft) span | Q7169415 | [56] | ||
More images | Rhinoceros Beetle | Anchor Square 51°27′01″N2°35′57″W / 51.450393°N 2.599301°W | 2000 | Nicola Hicks | Sculpture | Bronze on a limestone pedestal | Cast at The Bronze Age Foundry, London [1] [55] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Butterfly | Emerson Green | 2000 | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture on column | Galvanized Steel | 25ft high | Commissioned by South Gloucestershire District Council | ||
More images | Dragonfly | Emerson Green | 2000 | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture on column | Galvanized Steel | 25ft high | Commissioned by South Gloucestershire District Council |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | War memorial | St Mary Redcliffe | 1921 | George Oatley | Pillar and cross on steps | Stone | Grade II | Q66477918 | [58] [59] | |
Phonex and the Four Elements | Redcliffe Way | 1985 | John Doubleday | Sculpture & panels | Bronze sculpture & panels on a pyramidal structure clad in marble | 330cm high, 250cm wide at base | [2] | |||
Grain Chute | Ferry Street off Redcliffe St | c.1885, erected 1989 | Unknown | Sculpture | Painted sheet metal | A spiral sack chute used in the former granary and flour mill on the site. [2] | ||||
More images | Exploration: A Celebration of Bristol's seafaring heritage | Redcliff Quay | 1991 | Obelisk by Philippa Threlfall & Kennedy Collings; Sphere by James Blunt | Obelisk & armillary sphere | Stone & ceramic obelisk, stainless steel sphere | [1] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Princess Charlotte | Rear of former Queen Victoria House, Redland Hill | 1817 | Obelisk | Limestone | Grade II | [1] [60] | ||||
More images | Reverend Urijah Rees Thomes Memorial | Blackboy Hill | 1904 | S Whitehead & Sons | Fountain & clock tower | Red & white granite, with sandstone and tiled roof | 18ft diameter at base | Grade II | Q26514687 | [2] [61] |
More images | War memorial | Whiteladies Road | 1920 | Cross on pedestal & steps | Stone | Grade II | Q26677247 | [62] [63] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Edward Colston | Colston Villas, Armoury Square, St Pauls | c.1978–81 | Bust | Fibreglass resin | 575cm high | Replica of a terracotta bust by Michael Rysbrack. [2] | ||||
Alfred Fagon | Corner of Ashley Rd. & Grosvenor Rd.; St Pauls, Bristol | 1987 | David Mutasa | Sculpture | Bronze bust on a black marble pedestal | 70cm bust on a 131cm pedestal | [1] [2] | |||
The Greater Crested Plunger, the Crested Columbus and the Hooked Beaked Bauton | Junction of Ashley Road & Grosvenor Rd., St Pauls | 2008 | Jason Lane | Bird sculptures on columns | Steel | [2] | ||||
More images | Ruined | Brunswick Cemetery Garden | 2010 | Hew Locke | Set of 10 gravemarkers | Cast iron | Each grave marker bears a symbol or motif of a failed company, eg Enron [64] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Hand of the River God | Baltic Wharf | 1986 | Vincent Woropay | Sculpture on pedestal | Bronze sculpture on a limestone pedestal | Originally topped by small figure of Hercules holding an obelisk which is now lost. [1] [2] | ||||
Topsail | Baltic Wharf | 1987 | Keir Smith | Sculpture | Portland stone | 142cm high by 244cm long by 100cm wide | Carved on site over six weeks. [1] [2] | |||
Atyeo | Baltic Wharf 51°26'52.580"N, 2°36'50.130"W | 1989 | Stephen Cox | Sculpture | Red Verona marble | 178cm high by 85cm wide by 108cm deep | Q18343111 | Named in honour of John Atyeo. [1] [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | War memorial | Stoke Bishop | 1920 | W.H. Watkins | Cross on shaft and pedestal | Stone | 5m tall | Grade II | Q26677329 | [65] [66] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Emma Saunders | Entrance of Bristol Temple Meads railway station | 1928 | 'Principal of masons H.Tyley of Victoria St.' | Plaque | White marble | [1] | ||||
T&GWU Emblem of Unity | Victoria Street | 1959 | Unknown | Sunken relief | Stone | 4m high | Architects;- White and Travis London. [2] | |||
More images | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Forecourt of Bristol Temple Meads railway station | 1982 | John Doubleday | Statue | Bronze on a glazed brick pedestal | 225cm high on 40cm pedestal | Cast at the Art Bronze Foundry, London. Relocated from Temple Back East in 2021. [67] [2] | ||
Firefighters' Memorial | Corner of Temple Back and Water Lane | 2003 | Stephen Joyce | Statue | Bronze resin | 190cm high | Cast at the Fine Fettle art foundry, Frome. [2] | |||
Templar Stone | Temple Back East | 2004 | Jane L Rickards | Sculpture | Portuguese granite | 300cm high | Architects;- Atkins Walters Webster. [2] | |||
Six Portwell markers | Portwell, Temple Quay | 2004 | John Aiken | Six rectangular platforms | Polished black Portuguese granite, stainless steel & glass | Various | Marks the line of the 1250 Portwell, then the southern boundary of Bristol. [2] | |||
Rotating Columns | Temple Way | 2006-2007 | Walter Jack | Sculpture | Vitreous enamel on steel | Each column is 9m high | Created by Walter Jack with Springboard Design Partnership and Trico vitreous enamellers, the 3 columns were designed to slowly rotate. [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Basset Hounds and Basenjis | Rear of Bristol Dog's Home, Albert Road, St. Philips | 1991 | Rodney Harris | Relief panels | Ibstock brick | 200cm high | [2] | |||
More images | Time and Tide | Trinity Quay | 1994 | Georgina Redfern | Sculpture | Steel & painted cast iron | 340cm high by 360cm wide by 130cm deep | [1] [2] | ||
D of the Drings & Memoirs of the Drings | Chimney Steps, St. Philips | 2006 | Walter Jack | Sculpture | Bronze resin | [2] | ||||
Freetank: The retrospective view of the pathway | Glass Wharf near Trinity Quay | 2016 | Roger Hiorns with Witherford Watson Mann architects | Two-piece abstract sculpture | Black Zimbabwean granite, concrete & Cornish basalt | www.freetank.bristol |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Flat Out | University of Bristol, Indoor Sport Centre, Tyndall Avenue | 2004 | Jon Buck | Sculpture | Bronze | Cast at Pangolin Editions foundry [2] | |||
More images | Follow Me | Royal Fort Gardens | 2009 | Jeppe Hein | Mirror maze installation | 76 polished steel plates | [68] | |||
More images | Hollow | Royal Fort Gardens | 2016 | Katie Paterson with Zeller & Moye (architects) | Sculpture | Wood | [69] [70] | |||
More images | Henrietta Lacks | Royal Fort House | 2021 | Helen Wilson-Roe | Statue | Bronze | [71] [72] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | War memorial | High Street, Westbury-on-Trym | 1920 | Obelisk on steps | Portland stone | 7.5m tall | Grade II listing | Q2658111 | [73] [74] | |
Christ the King | Canford Cemetery, Westbury-on-Trym | 1932-33, lettering 1933-62 | Eric Gill, lettering by Lawrence Cribb | 3 Gravestones | Portland stone | Central headstone 215cm high, 70cm wide by 25cm | Headstones commenorate Abigail Chute, her sister Annie Oates & son Desmond. [1] [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Bristol with Minerva and Apollo | Portico of 17 Park Street | 1824 | Edward Hodges Baily | Curved relief frieze | Carrara marble | 820cm long by 80cm high | Grade II* | Q17553095 | Architect;- Charles Robert Cockerell. [2] [75] [1] | |
Three figures | Apex of facade of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery | 1905 | Sculptural group | Limestone | Grade II* | [1] [76] | ||||
Nine Muses | Over doorway to Wills Memorial Building | 1925 | Reginald Jeffcoat | Sculptural group | Clipshaw stone | [1] | ||||
Remainders of the replica of the Bristol High Cross | Berkeley Square | John Thomas, 1849–51; Harry Hems 1889; Ernest Pascoe 1956. | Eleanor cross | Oolitic limestone | [2] | |||||
Horse and Man | Brunel House, St Georges Road | 1984 | Stephen Joyce | Sculptural group | Bronze resin | Located in the courtyard of the former Royal Western Hotel, now student accommodation, and the site of a former horse market. [14] [1] | ||||
More images | Collected Consciousness | Brandon Hill Park | 2013 | Pete Moorhouse | Geometric abstract | Cor-ten steel | ||||
Nipper, HMV symbol | Corner of Park Row & Woodland Row | Unknown | Sculpture |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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George III | Portland Square | 1810, destroyed 1813 | Attributed to Joseph Panzetta of Coade & Sealy | Statue | Stone | Destroyed by protestors. [2] | ||||
More images | Edward Colston | The Centre | 1895, toppled 2020 | John Cassidy | Statue | Bronze statue on Portland stone plinth | Grade II | Q26497793 | Toppled by anti-racism protesters on 7 June 2020, and subsequently thrown into Bristol Harbour. [77] [78] [7] | |
Scenes from the life of St Francis of Assisi | Entrance to office complex, Lewin's Mead. | 1974, destroyed September 2008 | Judith Bluck | Nine relief panels | Cement suspended in polyester resin | Destroyed when the site was redeveloped. [2] [1] [14] | ||||
Oracle | Temple Way House, Narrow Plain | 1975, | Franta Belsky | Abstract sculpture | Aluminium filled polyester resin on a concrete base | Removed and sold at auction in 2008. [2] [1] | ||||
Tree of Life | Bristol Zoo | 2001 | Philip Bews | Cedar wood | Sculpture included animal figures and a relief portrait of Charles Darwin. [2] | |||||
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 | The Centre | Erected 15 July 2020, removed 16 July 2020 | Marc Quinn | Statue | Bronze resin | [79] |
There are 212 Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol, England.
Henry Poole was a British architectural sculptor.
William McMillan was a Scottish sculptor, notable for a number of public statues in the United Kingdom.